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[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

It seems like they are marketing this pretty hard towards women. The names of the meads are seriously a little ghey. 2 examples: kisses, embrace. I bought some kisses b/c it was the one that seemed to be the most traditional in terms of mead. $15 for 375mL - seems awful expensive as well but maybe someone could correct me on that one. I tried samples of two kinds I didn't purchase and they were pretty good. One was very close to tasting like traditional wine.

[MyaCullen]

It seems like they are marketing this pretty hard towards women. The names of the meads are seriously a little ghey. 2 examples: kisses, embrace. I bought some kisses b/c it was the one that seemed to be the most traditional in terms of mead. $15 for 375mL - seems awful expensive as well but maybe someone could correct me on that one. I tried samples of two kinds I didn't purchase and they were pretty good. One was very close to tasting like traditional wine.

considering the price of Honey is high, I am not surprised at the price

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

considering the price of Honey is high, I am not surprised at the price

damn you bees!!!

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

ScottS charged more for his for the same volume.

I didn't know he was making it commercially.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

anyone have any thoughts on the girly names? is mead typically marketed to the ladies? it's kind of funny b/c prior to this when I thought of mead I was thinking of vikings getting totally ripped on the stuff and then burning, raping, and pillaging everything within 10 miles.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Yeah, those names are oddly girly. I too think of mead as an ancient pillaging beverage, but some people now are marketing to women because they think it will sell better. Women do like sweeter things or things related to honey, and most uninitiated people think mead is supposed to always be sweet.

yes - I may have to check the other location that I know sells this mead to see if they have any more "manly" offerings.

[armagh]

About the only commerical mead I lay out money for these days is Heidrun (no affiliation, etc.), which is running $20-30 depending on varietal for a 750ml. Worth a look if you live in a state that allows shipping. Gordon knows his stuff.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

About the only commerical mead I lay out money for these days is Heidrun (no affiliation, etc.), which is running $20-30 depending on varietal for a 750ml. Worth a look if you live in a state that allows shipping. Gordon knows his stuff.

I think the stuff I bought is made by someone that knows what they are doing. This guy wins BJCP events regularly.ETA: I have to admit the Heidrun stuff sounds pretty awesome!

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

checked it out - all of the meads currently being produced by this guy have the girly names.

[MtnBrewer]

It's just marketing. If you like the meads, drink them.

[MtnBrewer]

It's just marketing. If you like the meads, drink them.(We won't tell.)

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

It's just marketing. If you like the meads, drink them.

it's not a problem for me but I don't want to see his sales hurt b/c more manly dudes than I won't buy the product.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

BTW, I just looked it up - those are from Moonlight Meadery by Michael Fairbrother. He is a great guy and makes really great mead. I met him at Mazer Cup this year and tried these meads.

yeah - I didn't want to throw the names up here b/c I wouldn't want him to take offense. from what I can tell he knows what he's doing based on the awards he wins. the stuff I've tried so far seems good but I really don't have a reference point on what good mead should taste like.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

I think the criticism of the names are fine. The beverages themselves are great - very well done. I personally wouldn't name commercial meads like that, but I have to assume he did some market research in the region. He's been doing it commercially for three years, pretty successfully, so you have to give him that.

Was he working for someone else? He only just opened up the meadery that I'm talking about b/c his product just hit the stores in the last few months.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

It was my understanding this meadery has been up for 3 years - might have just being producing and aging before selling.

yeah - I'm looking over some old e-mails from him and it's a little ambiguous.